View Full Version : What's the distinction between NES sleeves?
aaron7
02-22-2007, 03:38 PM
I've seen the 3rd party black ones (with varying textures), A.V.E. sleeves, Tengen sleeves, Nintendo sleeves in red... and my personal favorite, the Nintendo sleeves in metallic red, among others.
What was the distinction between the red ones and the metallic red ones is what I want to know!
Cambot
02-22-2007, 03:57 PM
One has a slightly more metallic look than the other.
aaron7
02-22-2007, 04:19 PM
ha...ha. :p
BloodshedPlague
02-22-2007, 04:50 PM
The metallic one had silver sparkles mixed in with the plastic. It makes it look slightly metallic I guess.
joedick
02-22-2007, 04:55 PM
Does anybody know when the metallic ones were in play? Was it towards the end of the system's life? Certain games? Or just random?
Another question I have about the sleeves: Did 3rd party games ever come with 'nintendo' labled sleeves? I seem to have so many more labled ones, but that could just be because 1st party games sold so well, there's so many of them out there...
aaron7
02-22-2007, 05:03 PM
Does anybody know when the metallic ones were in play? Was it towards the end of the system's life? Certain games? Or just random?
This is what I was asking :p
Another question I have about the sleeves: Did 3rd party games ever come with 'nintendo' labled sleeves? I seem to have so many more labled ones, but that could just be because 1st party games sold so well, there's so many of them out there...
Not that I know of.
BloodshedPlague
02-22-2007, 05:04 PM
I think a majority of the licensed Nintendo games came with the Nintendo logo sleeve. Tengen games came with the plain black ones, and the metallic ones came from somewhere but I'm not sure where.
aaron7
02-22-2007, 05:15 PM
Possibly the metallic ones were something you'd buy separately?
rbudrick
02-22-2007, 06:40 PM
Only 1st party NES games had the red Nintendo logo (all of them, in fact). As for when the metallic red, I have no idea! All other licenses ones were just plain black. The unlicensed ones were a mixed bag of cardboard sleeves, lol.
-Rob
8bitnes
02-22-2007, 07:08 PM
Metallic red came in the Classic Series releases (Gray Zeldas, Punchout (no Tyson), Metroid (yellow label) as well as late released games such as Wario's Woods, Tetris 2, Yoshi's Cookie, and I think Kirby. There may be a few others.
Also, the Tengen ones did not come in black sleeves, they came in Tengen cardboard sleeves.
Graham Mitchell
02-22-2007, 07:42 PM
Only 1st party NES games had the red Nintendo logo (all of them, in fact). As for when the metallic red, I have no idea! All other licenses ones were just plain black. The unlicensed ones were a mixed bag of cardboard sleeves, lol.
-Rob
Metallic red came in the Classic Series releases (Gray Zeldas, Punchout (no Tyson), Metroid (yellow label) as well as late released games such as Wario's Woods, Tetris 2, Yoshi's Cookie, and I think Kirby. There may be a few others.
Also, the Tengen ones did not come in black sleeves, they came in Tengen cardboard sleeves.
I'll vouch for these two posts. This is correct.
joedick
02-22-2007, 08:10 PM
Great info! Thanks! So pretty much any first party game that came out after the the 'classics' had the metallic sleeve.
8bitnes
02-22-2007, 08:24 PM
Great info! Thanks! So pretty much any first party game that came out after the the 'classics' had the metallic sleeve.
"Classics" Re-releases were Oct-92. Below are the Nintendo released games that followed:
Yoshi's Cookie Apr-93
Kirby's Adventure May-93
Tetris 2 Oct-93
Mega Man 6 Mar-94
Zoda's Revenge Mar-94
Wario's Woods Dec-94
BocoDragon
02-22-2007, 08:48 PM
"Classics" Re-releases were Oct-92. Below are the Nintendo released games that followed:
Yoshi's Cookie Apr-93
Kirby's Adventure May-93
Tetris 2 Oct-93
Mega Man 6 Mar-94
Zoda's Revenge Mar-94
Wario's Woods Dec-94
This sounds right... I always had two metallic Nintendo sleeves as a kid because I bought Kirby and Zoda's revenge
Xexyz
02-23-2007, 12:01 AM
What's this about metallic red? Also, I got Kirby's Adventure as a birthday present back in 1993, and all I got was a regular 1st party Nintendo branded sleeve. I've ever seen a red or metallic red sleeve in my life.
8bitnes
02-23-2007, 12:06 AM
What's this about metallic red? Also, I got Kirby's Adventure as a birthday present back in 1993, and all I got was a regular 1st party Nintendo branded sleeve. I've ever seen a red or metallic red sleeve in my life.
The sleeve itself it black. The writing on the sleeve is a flashier looking red.
BocoDragon
02-23-2007, 02:42 AM
The sleeve itself it black. The writing on the sleeve is a flashier looking red.
yeah it's very subtle. Only nerds can tell the difference :)
theshizzle3000
02-23-2007, 11:35 AM
yeah it's very subtle. Only nerds can tell the difference :)
What if you are a color blind nerd. How do you cope with the fact that you are a nintendo nerd and can't tell the difference.
aaron7
02-23-2007, 11:47 AM
yeah it's very subtle. Only nerds can tell the difference :)
Hey! :p
Xexyz
02-23-2007, 01:19 PM
Oh, now I understand. The way I was reading things, I thought there were sleeves out there that were completely colored red. Thanks for the clarification.
BocoDragon
02-23-2007, 02:51 PM
Hey! :p
me too buddy ;) but you know it's true. If I explained the difference between the sleeves to my girlfriend her head would explode.
Graham Mitchell
02-23-2007, 03:11 PM
me too buddy ;) but you know it's true. If I explained the difference between the sleeves to my girlfriend her head would explode.
Ohhhh...gawd, tell me about it. That's why we need outlets like this, eh? Okay, I'm done derailing now.
rbudrick
02-26-2007, 05:03 PM
What if you are a color blind nerd. How do you cope with the fact that you are a nintendo nerd and can't tell the difference.
Well then it's metallic shit brown, dude. Shit.
-Rob